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AUTUMN: 'Altitude' Artwork Unveiled

The artwork for "Altitude", the new album from Dutch symphonic metallers AUTUMN, can be viewed below. The CD was recorded at Arno Krabman's Graveland Studio and was mixed and mastered by Jochem Jacobs (TEXTURES) at Split Second Sound. Commented the band: "The cover more or less depicts the peak of o...

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DISTURBED, DRAGONFORCE, TRIVIUM Confirmed For Sweden's METALTOWN Festival

DISTURBED, DRAGONFORCE, TRIVIUM and CHILDREN OF BODOM are among the first confirmed bands for next year's edition of the Metaltown festival, set to take place June 27-28, 2009 at Frihamnen in Gothenburg, Sweden. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: DISTURBED (USA) VOLBEAT (DK) DIR EN GREY...

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THERAPY? To Release New Album In March

Irish rockers THERAPY? will release their new studio album, "Crooked Timber", on March 23 via Global Music. For the past two years, THERAPY? fans have eagerly awaited the band's return. Now they're back with a hard-edged recording that will really get under your skin and into your mind. According to...

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THE OCEAN, BURST, BISON B.C., MEDEIA: European Tour Dates Announced

THE OCEAN, BURST, BISON B.C. and MEDEIA will team up for a European tour in February/March. Confirmed dates are as follows: Feb. 26 - Germany Dortmund FZW Feb. 27 - Germany Leipzig Conne Island Feb. 28 - Poland Warsaw Progresja Mar. 01 - Czech Republic Prague Exit Chmelnice Mar. 02 - Austria Wien Ar...

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River, Bear Your Bones

CARPICORNS have given themselves an interesting challenge with their latest release, "River, Bear Your Bones". Without the use of vocals, the trio has written a concept album around the River Thames (which has a history dating back over 58 million years) and the city, London, which crept up from its...

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Godspeed On The Devil's Thunder

While parts of "Nymphetamine" saw a return to the blaspheme and bedlam that prevailed during the early days of CRADLE OF FILTH; its predecessor, "Thornography" left more to be desired than any album in their discography. Commercially, the 2006 release might have been a success, but that element of b...

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Shogun

Far be it from me to defend the likes of a band who has achieved such a high level of success by doing little more than filtering the highlights of METALLICA's career into a watered-down glass of Kool-Aid for the metalcore kids to slurp down like they were rockin' it in Jonestown. On top of ...

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MUCKY PUP: 20th-Anniversary European Tour Planned

Reactivated New Jersey crossover/hardcore band MUCKY PUP will embark on a short European tour next summer to celebrate its twentieth anniversary. The trek will tentatively feature the same band lineup that recorded the "Now" album (1991) and will see the group performing songs from its first three r...

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SENTINEL BEAST: New Song Posted Online

Reactivated '80s Sacramento, California thrash band SENTINEL BEAST has posted a brand new song, "The Phoenix", on its MySpace page. The track is expected to appear on the group's second full-length album, "Risen", tentatively due in early 2009. The band says, "We are very eager for the new release a...

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BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE Cancels Last Two Shows Of European Tour

Welsh metallers BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE have issued the following update; "BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE unfortunately have had to cancel the last two shows on their current European tour. They have been touring virtually non-stop since February 2008, and after the show in Tampere [Tuesday] night [Decembe...

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TURMOIL Has A New Singer

Philadelphia hardcore/metal band TURMOIL has tapped Nate Johnson (THROUGH THE EYES OF THE DEAD, PREMONITIONS OF WAR) to replace longtime frontman Jon Gula, who left the group in September. Tracking for TURMOIL's first LP since 1999's "The Process Of" started earlier in the year at Skylight Studios i...

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ERIC SINGER: 'To Me, One Of The Most Important Things In Rock 'N' Roll Is The Human Aspect'

Fury Rocks recently conducted an interview with KISS/ALICE COOPER drummer Eric Singer. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Fury Rocks: In the '80s it seemed that a lot of drummers wanted to be fast and faster like Dave Lombardo (SLAYER),for example. What do you think about it? Singer:...

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SAXON: Photo Of 'Into The Labyrinth' Limited Edition Available

British metal legends SAXON will release their new new studio album, "Into The Labyrinth" in Europe on January 12, 2009 (Germany: January 9; USA: January 13) via SPV Records. The CD was recorded at the Twilight Hall in Krefeld, Germany, under the direction of Charlie Bauerfeind. SAXON laid down 13 n...

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Japan's DIR EN GREY On Touring U.S.

MetalSucks recently had the chance to chat with guitarists Die and Kaoru of Japan's DIR EN GREY at the New York City stop of the band's U.S. headlining tour with THE HUMAN ABSTRACT. They spoke about what it's like to tour the U.S., singing in a language that the audience doesn't understand, and ...

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METALLICA, DROWNING POOL, AC/DC Among Songs Most Used As Torture By U.S. Military Interrogators

U.S. military interrogators have often blasted music at detainees in Iraq, Afghanistan and Guantanamo Bay. According to the British law group Reprieve, these are among the songs they have used most frequently: * METALLICA - "Enter Sandman" * DROWNING POOL - "Bodies" * AC/DC - "Shoot to Thrill" * AC/...